Even though he ignored it all. It upset Katie, because she was falling in love with him. She told her parents about the rumors and hoped that they cou...d be of help. When Katie’s father used some of his business and personal contacts to run down the rumors, he was appalled and shocked at what he found out was the actual facts of the boy. Not knowing what to tell his daughter , he just told her that the rumors where not true , and contacted the school administration and JJ’s guardians, he felt it. "All the levity went out of the conversation then. For a moment all the yelling and screaming kids, the rock and roll from the truck, the hollering of various adults, all of whom were oblivious to the little drama I had been a part of - all of it disappeared. For a little while it was just the two of us on that little floating platform in the middle of Vancouver Lake. I felt the dim stirrings of my hormones, only rolling over in their sleep, but present nonetheless. Had we been three or four. “Is this what she demanded as payment for the money?”“No mother, she demanded nothing. This was my idea and I intend to keep my word to her. Admittedly I wasn’t expecting something like Perra coming to live with us as part of my duties.”Kal’s mother visibly relaxed, “As long as it was your choice and you will still be here working the farm most times I suppose it will be okay,” Looking towards the door to her room she added, “the extra hands will be a help as well on the days you are gone.. . "Uh, thank you, sir."He looked at her quizzically for a moment, and then nodded. "I don't need to know the details, but you've done a good job whatever it was you've done. I'm going to give you a harder nut to crack, and it might take a while, but we have until you graduate. I don't think you'll be going on Midshipman Cruise with him, but I'd like you to find a way to turn Midshipman Second Shiplett around."There is no other word for it, a part of her mind observed. Lenore simply gaped at.